Senior Data Engineer (SSIS)

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with strong expertise in the classic data stack, particularly SQL Server and SSIS. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, robust data models, and data marts.

The ideal candidate will play a key role in developing a structured semantic layer, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and accessible data to support analytics and business intelligence initiatives.

Key Responsibilities 1. Data Modeling

• Design and maintain scalable and high-performance data models
• Develop data marts aligned with business requirements
• Apply best practices in data warehousing (Data Vault knowledge is a plus)

2. Semantic Layer Development

• Build and maintain a semantic layer with clear definitions, hierarchies, and data structures
• Ensure consistency and usability of data across reporting and analytics platforms

3. Data Pipeline Development (ETL)

• Develop and manage ETL pipelines using SSIS and SQL Server
• Automate data extraction, transformation, and loading processes
• Ensure reliability and availability of data across systems

4. Data Quality & Governance

• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data from source systems
• Implement validation and monitoring mechanisms

5. Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with business teams, analysts, and data scientists
• Translate business requirements into scalable data solutions

6. Documentation & Standards

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for data models, ETL processes, and workflows
• Promote best practices in data engineering and governance

7. Mentorship

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
• Encourage adoption of best practices in ETL and data modeling

Technical Skills & Requirements

• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server
• Expertise in SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
• Proficiency in:
  
  • Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, Triggers
  • ETL design and development
  • Data transformation and migration across systems
• Experience in:
  
  • Performance tuning (query optimization, staging, parallel processing)
  • Debugging and optimizing ETL workflows
  • Database design, indexing, and security

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field

Experience

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in:
  
  • Data engineering
  • Data warehousing
  • ETL development using SSIS